The second issue to which I wish to refer is very important. It was raised last week and I would like the Taoiseach to provide an answer on it. I refer to the climate Bill and the fact that the weather has improved a little in recent weeks, which means farmers might be able to spread slurry.

Is there a Bill on fine weather?

Would it be possible to obtain a further extension in this regard for the hard-pressed farmers of the country?

If there were such a Bill, there would be no amendments to it.

Deputy Michael Healy-Rae should table a parliamentary question on the matter.

Farmers' slurry tanks are full and they need to be emptied. Will the Taoiseach make a statement on the matter?

That is not in order.

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine raised this matter at a Council meeting in Luxembourg yesterday. As the Deputy is aware, he and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government have already approved an extension in respect of slurry spreading.

It rained during the entire period of the extension.

This is an issue of which the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine will take account. In recent days I met members of the IFA in Paris at the SIAL food exhibition - one of the largest events of its kind in the world. This matter was also raised at the exhibition. I have passed the information on this matter to the two Departments involved.

That is a good response from a Taoiseach who is proactive in dealing with matters of this nature.